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Reimbursement
SCAN Health Plan wins Medicare Advantage Star Ratings lawsuit 
SCAN Health Plan wins MA Star Ratings lawsuit 
Revenue Cycle Management
Healthcare consumerism: Helping improve the patient payment journey
Healthcare consumerism: Helping improve the patient payment journey
Strategic Planning
Clover Health is offering its AI assistant to all Medicare Advantage payers and providers
Clover Health is offering its AI assistant to all MA payers and providers
Capital Finance
Kaiser Permanente reportedly selling up to $3.5 billion in private equity funds
Kaiser Permanente reportedly selling up to $3.5B in private equity funds
Supply Chain
HIMSSCast: Embrace technology to replace the mundane tasks
HIMSSCast: Embrace technology to replace the mundane tasks
Accounting & Financial Management
Mental health inequities resulting in billions in expenses, Deloitte finds
Mental health inequities resulting in billions in expenses
Budgeting
Insurers likely to pay $1.1 billion in rebates this fall
Insurers likely to pay $1.1 billion in rebates this fall
Quality and Safety
HIMSSCast: Home health challenges offset by creating patient and caregiver communities
HIMSSCast: Home health challenges offset by creating patient and caregiver communities
Billing and Collections
No Surprises Act implementation coincided with in-network claims growth
NSA implementation coincided with in-network claims growth
Claims Processing
Johns Hopkins Health Plans announces multi-payer portal
Johns Hopkins Health Plans announces multi-payer portal
Workforce
Cigna's Evernorth Care Group laying off 261 in Arizona
Cigna's Evernorth Care Group laying off 261 in Arizona
Operations
Ascension expects EHR restoration across its network by June 14
Ascension expects EHR restoration across its network by June 14
Medical Devices
Healthcare chatbots may promote racist misinformation
Healthcare chatbots may promote racist misinformation
Hospital/physician relations
Hospitals, physicians submit opposing views to FTC ruling on noncompetes
Hospitals, physicians submit opposing views to FTC ruling
Construction & Facilities Management
Children's Health and UT Southwestern receive $100 million for pediatric campus
Children's Health and UT Southwestern receive $100M for pediatric campus
Compliance & Legal
Former Cigna exec barred from working at CVS
Former Cigna exec barred from working at CVS
Policy and Legislation
Fauci called before House subcommittee to testify on COVID-19 origins
Fauci called before House subcommittee to testify on COVID-19 origins
Community Benefit
Nonprofit hospitals' charity care falling behind tax breaks, report shows
Report: Hospitals' charity care falling behind tax breaks
Accountable Care
Moving beyond financial incentives to engage specialists in ACOs
Moving beyond financial incentives to engage specialists in ACOs
Acute Care
Acute Hospital Care at Home data released 
Acute Hospital Care at Home data released 
Ambulatory Care
Walmart announces closing of clinics and virtual care
Walmart is closing clinics and virtual care
Analytics
Lightbeam Health announces partnership with AHIP 
Lightbeam Health announces partnership with AHIP 
Business Intelligence
HFMA's annual conference heavy on topic of cybersecurity challenges
HFMA's annual conference heavy on cybersecurity challenges
ICD-10 & Coding
Physician practices examine risk adjustment coding in wake of federal lawsuits
Practices keeping close watch on risk adjustment coding
Meaningful Use
CMS overhauls meaningful use EHR program, renames it 'Promoting Interoperability'
CMS overhauls meaningful use as 'Promoting Interoperability'
Medicare & Medicaid
Medicare Advantage struggling under low payment, high utilization
MA struggling under low payment, high utilization
Patient Engagement
Gap growing between best- and worst-performing health plans
Gap growing between best- and worst-performing health plans
Pharmacy
Express Scripts, CPESN making push to support independent pharmacies
Express Scripts, CPESN to support independent pharmacies
Population Health
CDC asks health officials to screen for bird flu
CDC asks health officials to screen for bird flu
Risk Management
UPMC for You partners to offer Medicaid redetermination coverage in laundromats
UPMC for You offers Medicaid redetermination coverage in laundromats
Telehealth
Ovatient deploying virtual care at partner health system
Ovatient deploying virtual care at partner health system
Mergers & Acquisitions
Court denies FTC's attempt to stop Novant's purchase of two CHS hospitals
Court denies FTC's attempt to stop Novant and CHS deal
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May 19, 2023

Embedding health equity into digital healthcare

HIMSS TV
Collaboration is needed for innovation to get out of siloes, says Olyvia Phillips, manager of equity initiatives for tech incubator MATTER.
News
Ending racism in healthcare often begins with medical education - and is the target of a new national project Ending racism in healthcare often begins with medical education - and is the target of a new national project Inequities can be found in every facet of the industry, but targeting medical students and residents can help stem the tide.